Queensland Budget 2022-23

More than 12,000 small and medium businesses pay less payroll tax; for example, a business with $6.5 million in taxable wages keeps over $26,000 extra each year.

General Government revenue foregone (a negative amount represents reduced revenue / tax relief). -$30M in 2022-23, rising to -$60 million per year ongoing. A separate Payroll Tax Apprentice and Trainee Rebate extension provides a further -$32.2 million in 2022-23.

Online betting is taxed more, with the proceeds providing sustainable funding for Queensland's racing industry and the jobs it supports.

General Government revenue (a positive amount represents additional revenue raised). $40M in 2022-23, rising to $80 million per year ongoing.

Queensland exporters get more support to reach new markets, aiming to create high-quality jobs and grow the trade-oriented economy.

General Government operating, $150 million over 10 years. $13.510 million is the 2022-23 expense line; the strategy is delivered by Trade and Investment Queensland.

Small and medium manufacturers, particularly in the regions, get grants to invest in new technology and build advanced manufacturing capability and jobs.

General Government operating, $50 million over 2 years. $25M in 2022-23 combines Made in Queensland ($20 million) and the Manufacturing Hubs Grant Program ($5 million) expense lines.

The resources industry gets a long-term plan and exploration funding to grow and diversify into new economy minerals like copper, vanadium and cobalt, supporting regional jobs.

Whole-of-government operating, $68.5 million over 5 years spread across 7 agencies. $16.2M is the 2022-23 package total from Table 1.2 (Department of Resources leads with $11 million in 2022-23).

Tourism operators and regional communities get funding to develop new experiences, infrastructure and events to help the sector recover and grow.

General Government operating, $66.4 million over 4 years ($4 million held centrally). $17.9 million is the 2022-23 expense line (plus $25 million committed in 2021-22).

Small businesses get continued advocacy through the Small Business Commissioner and targeted support to grow.

General Government operating. $1.9M in 2022-23 combines the Small Business Support ($1.396 million) and Queensland Small Business Commissioner ($0.5 million) lines. Budget Highlights cites $39.1 million to support small business growth across the package.

More funding supports vulnerable children and young people who cannot safely live at home, as the number needing care continues to rise.

General Government operating, $2.2 billion over 5 years ($170 million in 2021-22 plus $500 million per year). $500M is the recurrent annual increase.

Families experiencing vulnerability and more complex needs receive continued early intervention and culturally appropriate support to help keep children safely at home.

General Government operating, $470.4 million over 4 years ($464.5 million new funding and $6 million internally met). The $130.1M in 2022-23 combines the Department of Children portion ($117.5 million) and the Department of Justice and Attorney-General portion ($12.6 million) of the whole-of-government measure.

Every Queensland household automatically receives $175 off their next power bill, on top of existing electricity concessions for eligible households.

General Government operating, 2022-23. Listed as the Electricity Asset Ownership Dividend and Cost of Living Rebate. Takes total electricity dividends provided to Queenslanders over four years to $575 per household.

Neighbourhood and community centres receive more support to help address social isolation and loneliness across Queensland.

General Government operating and capital, $125.6 million over 4 years. $21.9M in 2022-23 combines the expense ($17.918 million) and capital ($4.0 million) components.

Families in five fast-growing communities will get new local primary schools, while existing schools across the state receive renewed buildings, classrooms, playgrounds and tuckshops.

General Government capital. $268.3M in 2022-23 combines the Department of Education capital measure lines (School Infrastructure - Renewal $194.595 million, School Infrastructure - Growth $61.941 million, Building Future Schools Program $7.498 million, School Playground and Tuckshop Upgrades $1.5 million, plus $2.779 million land acquisition). The Building Future Schools program totals $3 billion over multiple years.

Students with disability get a fairer resourcing model designed to give them easier access to the support and education services they need.

General Government operating, $80.6 million over 3 years (BP4 records the Transition to a New Students with Disability State School Resourcing Model line totalling $80.592 million across 2022-23 to 2024-25).

Schools receive funding for security upgrades and safer travel and drop-off zones to protect students.

General Government operating. $5M in 2022-23 for the School Security Program (recurrent at $5 million per year). The related $40 million school travel safety program is funded over five years.

More funding supports kindergarten places, helping families access early childhood education.

General Government operating. State Kindergarten Funding line: $36M in 2022-23 rising to $77 million per year, totalling approximately $263 million across the forward estimates to 2025-26.

Schools across Queensland get new and upgraded sports facilities, encouraging students and communities to be more active.

General Government, $100 million over 4 years (delivered by the Department of Education). $3M in 2022-23 combines the expense ($1.5 million) and capital ($1.5 million) components.

Councils and recyclers get funding to build resource recovery infrastructure and reduce waste going to landfill, while household waste levy costs are buffered.

General Government operating, $964.2 million over 5 years (includes $672.4 million in 2021-22 for council payments to reduce the household waste levy impact, plus $291.8 million over 4 years for resource recovery programs). $47.3M is the 2022-23 expense line.

Queensland's national parks and protected areas, including the Great Barrier Reef, receive continued investment in land acquisition and management.

General Government operating, $262.5 million over 4 years (including $250 million held centrally for land acquisitions and capital works). The $3.137 million 2022-23 figure is the directly disclosed Protected Area Investment and Management expense line; most of the program is held centrally.

Funding supports koala habitat restoration and protection of other threatened native species across South East Queensland.

General Government operating. $12.4M in 2022-23 combines the Saving Queensland's Koalas ($7.432 million) and Saving Queensland's Threatened Species ($4.968 million) expense lines. Total threatened species investment is almost $40 million.

Programs to cut emissions and help Queensland adapt to climate change receive additional funding.

General Government operating. Accelerating Climate Action expense line: $9.487 million in 2022-23, totalling approximately $32.6 million across the forward estimates to 2025-26.

Investment in pumped hydro storage helps build the large-scale energy storage needed to support more renewable power for Queensland homes and businesses.

General Government. Up to $48 million over 2 years ($13 million committed in 2021-22 capital for Borumba, plus $35 million in 2022-23 for feasibility works on pumped hydro opportunities, held centrally).

The state coordinates planning for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, shaping the venues, athletes' villages and lasting community legacy.

General Government operating, $59.3 million over 4 years and $4.7 million per annum ongoing. $26.583 million is the 2022-23 expense line.

Patients across the state gain around 2,200 extra hospital beds over six years, with new hospitals in three growing regions and expansions to many existing hospitals, easing pressure on emergency departments and waiting lists.

General Government capital. $9.785B over 6 years ($5.708 billion over the forward estimates). $85.3M in 2022-23 reflects early works; spending ramps up to $3.025 billion in 2025-26. The biggest hospital building program in Queensland's history.

More doctors, nurses and paramedics are funded to meet rising demand, with hospitals given greater certainty and flexibility to focus on health outcomes rather than just activity.

General Government operating. Operational Growth Funding line totals $6.784 billion over 4 years (Total budget funding for Queensland Health grows by $8.5 billion over the forward estimates). $777.3M in 2022-23 rising to $2.236 billion in 2025-26.

Queenslanders experiencing mental illness, addiction or crisis gain access to new beds, crisis services and more than 1,000 new staff, with a dedicated funding stream so the services can be sustained over time.

General Government operating, $1.645 billion over 5 years (Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Services Funding line) plus $28.5 million in separate capital funding. The biggest ever investment in mental health services in Queensland.

Around one per cent of Queensland businesses (the largest employers) pay a new levy that funds expanded mental health services; the government states no household pays this revenue measure.

General Government revenue (a positive amount represents additional revenue raised). $183.8M in 2022-23, rising to $425.4 million per year by 2025-26. This is a revenue measure hypothecated to mental health services.

Rural and remote communities get replacement hospitals and health facilities and better accommodation for health staff.

General Government capital, $943.5 million over 7 years from the Sustaining Capital Program. BP4 does not separately disclose a 2022-23 budget-year figure for this measure, so the budget-year amount is recorded as null.

Regional and remote Queenslanders are guaranteed continued access to Royal Flying Doctor Service aeromedical care through a secure 10-year funding deal.

General Government operating, $333.7 million over 10 years. $25.201 million is the 2022-23 expense line for the new RFDS Standing Offer Arrangement.

Major stadiums and community sport and recreation venues are maintained and upgraded in the lead-up to Brisbane 2032, with more participation opportunities.

General Government operating and capital. $93.7M in 2022-23 combines Stadiums Queensland Operating Funding ($60 million), Activate! Queensland expense ($23.677 million), Stadiums Queensland Capital Funding ($5 million) and Activate! Queensland capital ($5 million).

Infrastructure such as roads, water and sewerage is funded in fast-growing areas so more land can be unlocked for new housing.

General Government capital, $200 million over 3 years ($35 million held centrally). $48M in 2022-23 reflects the Growth Area Program capital line ($43 million) plus the $5 million expense component.

Young Queenslanders at risk of homelessness gain access to additional support and housing services from 2023-24.

General Government operating, $29.8 million over 4 years and $10 million per year ongoing. The Youth Homelessness and Housing line shows no allocation in 2022-23 (funding commences in 2023-24 at $8.068 million), so the budget-year amount is recorded as null rather than zero.

Eligible homeowners in cyclone-prone coastal areas can get help to strengthen their homes, improving safety and potentially lowering insurance premiums.

General Government operating, $20 million over 2 years (Household Resilience Program Phase 3 line: $8 million in 2022-23, $12 million in 2023-24).

Frontline workers in remote communities, including police, nurses and teachers, get better quality housing, helping attract and retain staff in the regions.

General Government capital. $222.2 million over 2 years from 2022-23 plus $292.5 million over 2 years from 2024-25 held centrally (total $514.7 million). $87.776 million is the 2022-23 capital line.

Youth justice reforms aimed at reducing reoffending continue, with more staff in detention centres and community programs to address the causes of youth crime.

General Government operating, $78.8 million over 4 years ($77.2 million new funding and $1.6 million internally met). $22.2M in 2022-23 sums the Youth Justice Investment expense lines (detention staffing, Indigenous workers, integrated case management, Mount Isa hub, family-led decision making, collaborative panels, program management office and the co-responder model).

Queensland courthouses get safer, more modern facilities and technology, helping cases be heard more efficiently.

General Government operating and capital. $246.8 million over 5 years. $37.4M in 2022-23 combines the expense ($28.765 million) and capital ($6.712 million) components of the contemporary technology and infrastructure measure plus the Beaudesert courthouse replacement ($1.924 million capital).

The state expands prison capacity by more than 500 beds, including a second rehabilitation unit aimed at reducing reoffending.

General Government capital, $207 million over 2 years. $150 million in 2022-23 and $57 million in 2023-24.

Reforms to Queensland's parole system and corrective services aim to improve community safety and rehabilitation.

General Government operating. $32.6M in 2022-23 combines the Parole Board Queensland ($11.137 million), Queensland Parole System Review Report Recommendations ($10.679 million), Commissioning of Southern Queensland Correctional Precinct Stage 2 ($4.240 million), Psychological and Disability Services ($2.936 million) and Electronic Security Upgrade ($1.0 million) expense lines.

When coal prices are very high, multinational coal producers pay more in royalties to Queenslanders, with the government pledging the additional revenue, and more, to regional health and infrastructure projects.

General Government revenue (a positive amount represents additional revenue raised). $764.8M in 2022-23. The total of the new tiers across the forward estimates 2022-23 to 2025-26 is approximately $1.176 billion; the government described this as $1.2 billion in additional royalties to be directed to regional Queensland.

Regional communities get investment in water security infrastructure such as the Cairns Water Security Program and Mount Morgan Pipeline.

General Government. $199.5 million towards priority regional water infrastructure projects (Budget Highlights). The individual project lines in BP4 show no separately disclosed 2022-23 budget-year amount (largely held centrally), so the budget-year figure is recorded as null.

Farmers and drought-affected communities get freight subsidies, water fee relief, resilience programs and emergency loans to prepare for and recover from drought.

General Government operating. Up to $79.6 million over 4 years from 2022-23 (plus $150 million over 3 years for drought loans). $4.9 million is the 2022-23 Drought Assistance and Reform Package expense line in the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries; additional relief is delivered as revenue foregone and held centrally.

A dedicated taskforce coordinates the fight against red imported fire ants, protecting communities, agriculture and the environment.

General Government operating, $37.1 million over 5 years (Fire Ant Suppression Taskforce: $5 million in 2021-22 plus around $8 million per year). $8 million is the 2022-23 expense line.

Women experiencing domestic and family violence get safer courts, joint police and specialist responses, and new laws criminalising coercive control, while perpetrators face stronger intervention and accountability.

Whole-of-government total $363 million over 5 years ($350 million new funding and $12.9 million internally met), spanning multiple departments. $65.9M is the 2022-23 package total from Table 1.1 (expense $62.1M plus capital $3.8M).

Women in custody and women experiencing domestic and sexual violence gain access to additional specialist support services and tailored programs.

General Government operating, $19.2 million over 4 years across the Department of Justice and Attorney-General and Queensland Corrective Services (Women in Custody lines). The budget-year split is embedded across multiple Women in Custody measures and is not separately disclosed as a single line.

Homeowners and communities hit by the 2022 floods receive grants to repair, raise or rebuild homes more resiliently, and councils get help to reconstruct damaged roads and assets.

General Government operating, jointly funded with the Australian Government under DRFA. $762.3M in 2022-23 combines the Category C & D Extraordinary Packages ($574.034 million) and the Resilient Homes Fund ($188.3 million). More than $3 billion over 4 years; the Resilient Homes Fund and Extraordinary Packages total $1.818 billion.

Police get more staff, stations, vehicles and equipment, including body worn cameras, to keep communities safe.

General Government operating. $20.3M is the 2022-23 total of Queensland Police Service expense measures since the 2021-22 Budget Update (including Queensland Government Air, the Five Point Plan, Oxley Police Academy relocation, QLiTE, weapons licensing, camera-detected offences and body worn cameras). Police services funding overall is $2.9 billion in 2022-23 with a $174.6 million capital program.

Brisbane's train fleet is upgraded so the new Cross River Rail tunnel and stations can open and run as planned.

General Government capital and operating. Combines two related measures totalling $394.8 million over 5 years ($275.7 million for ATO and Platform Screen Doors plus $119.1 million for ETCS/ATO modification). $100.6M in 2022-23 combines the capital components ($80.990 million plus $6.882 million) and the expense components ($11.063 million plus $1.459 million).

Drivers get more support and charging infrastructure to switch to electric and other zero emission vehicles.

General Government operating. Zero Emission Vehicle Strategy line: $18 million in 2022-23, $18 million in 2023-24 and $19 million in 2024-25 (approximately $55 million), plus a smaller amount up to the 2021-22 Budget Update.

Commuters in high-priority areas like the northern Gold Coast get more frequent bus services and simpler ticketing.

General Government operating, $27.2 million over 4 years and $11.7 million per annum ongoing (Regional Urban Bus Base Budget Uplift line). $6.720 million is the 2022-23 expense figure.

Townsville drivers get a duplicated Bowen Road bridge and connection road upgrade to ease congestion and improve safety.

General Government capital and operating, $67.9 million over 5 years. $2M in 2022-23 combines the capital ($1.940 million) and expense ($0.060 million) components.

Workers and jobseekers get more training places to gain skills for secure, well-paid jobs in growing industries.

General Government operating. Training and Future Skills Investment line: $47.250 million in 2022-23 and $53.350 million in 2023-24 (approximately $100.6 million over 2 years).